College/Department Web Server Maintenance

Between 10:00 p.m. December 26th and 1:00 a.m. December 27th the College/Department web server will have periodic service interruptions of between 5 and 15 minutes due to web server upgrades. During this time period the following sites will be affected :

admin.udmercy.edu
business.udmercy.edu
debian.udmercy.edu
dental.udmercy.edu
dentalhygiene.udmercy.edu
dev.law.udmercy.edu
eng-sci.udmercy.edu
theatre.udmercy.edu
gdapft.udmercy.edu
gme.udmercy.edu
healthprofessions.udmercy.edu
ilevelgrant.udmercy.edu
intranet.udmercy.edu
it.udmercy.edu
lawschool.udmercy.edu
liberalarts.udmercy.edu
mioh-utc.udmercy.edu
students.udmercy.edu
theatre.udmercy.edu
urbanhealth.udmercy.edu
www.arch.udmercy.edu
www.cjbe.org
www.ipliprogram.com
www.jebnet.org
xml.udmercy.edu

All systems are back up after power failure

All previously-reported systems are back up and functional. Please let us know if you still are having problems with anything at this point.

Several Systems are Down

Home and Group drives for much of McNichols Campus as well as Exchange Email services are currently down. We are looking at possble power problems, and are working to restore these services. If you notice any other network services that are down, please post a reply to this blog posting.

Apecs and Weblink Operational at 7:31 PM

Apecs and Weblink are operational. Thank you, ITS Dept.

Mainframe requires another reboot 7:23 PM

The mainframe spooler product has locked the mainframe. It requires another reboot to correct this. Sorry for the inconvenience. I will have it up as soon as possible. SHamilton, ITS Dept.

Exchange Email down briefly

It was brought to our attention that the Exchange Email server was not functioning correctly at about 1:00pm today. We corrected it by 1:15pm. You should not have to do anything to reconnect your Outlook to the Exchange server. It is automatic.

Apecs and Weblink are available

Apecs and Weblink are now available. A backup job was preventing the system from coming up. This has been corrected. SHamilton, ITS Dept.

MSN/Hotmail e-mails accepted 12/19 8:00 a.m.

MSN/Hotmail users can get UDM e-mails delivered; MSN lifted the ban affecting delivery of e-mails sent by UDM e-mail system.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

ITS

UDM Closed Today, December 19 - No Helpdesk

Due to weather conditions, the University of Detroit Mercy is closed for today, Dec. 19.

APECS and Weblink are now available 12:13 PM

The mainframe environment has been successfully restarted. Thank you. ITS Dept.

Mainframe needs reboot at noon

The mainframe (APECS/Weblink) will go down at noon for a reboot. Anticipated time will be 45 minutes. SHamilton, ITS Dept.

Weblink back up until 10 PM

Weblink came back online a few minutes ago. It will shut down for nightly processing of batch runs at it's usual time of 10 PM. ITS Dept.

Admissions Server Down

System appears to be unreachable at this time.  Staff will investigate at 8:00 am.

Weblink Having Problems

Weblink is experiencing problems. ITS is currently working on it. Thank you.

EMAS / Admissions server down

The Admissions server is having issues after a power outage this weekend. We have no estimate for resolving the issue at this time. It does NOT appear to be a very serious hardware or software issue.

Weblink Available 8:01 AM

Weblink is now available. ITS Dept.

Weblink Available 5:15 PM

Weblink is operational at 5:15PM.

Steve Hamilton, ITS Dept

Cascade Content Management Online

The Cascade Server Web content management system is back online. Please be advised that content changes made between 11:57 a.m. and 12:20 p.m. will have to be resubmitted, but are already on the website if they were published.

Cascade Content Management Offline

Users of the Cascade Server Web content management system will temporarily be unable to edit their content while an access/permissions issue is resolved. Changes already published to the live Web servers will remain published and all university web sites will continue to be available. No time estimate is currently available for restoration of service. For emergency changes please put in a Help Desk ticket at http://helpdesk.udmercy.edu

Holden 2nd Floor

For the record, the UPS failed in the 2^nd floor closet around 2:00 am taking access across the floor down.  Service was restored this morning just after 9:15 am.

TitanConenct Banner Self-Service Pay Stub Information Temporarily Unavailable

The TitanConnect Banner Self-Service Pay Stub link is temporarily unavailable while we work to apply an enhancement to this module of the system.  We will return this module to service as soon as possible.

 

 

TitanConnect Connectivity Restored

The TitanConnect Portal experienced a temporary outage from 8:00pm to 8:10pm due to a network connectivity issue. All services have been restored.

Apecs and Weblink are on their way up

The backup job got hung due to a defective tape. This has been corrected and weblink and apecs are coming online now (8:16 AM). SHamilton, ITS

Email Servers Blacklisted

As a result of several compromised e-mail accounts that were used for spamming, several university e-mail servers were blacklisted by the major e-mail sites. ITS is working with these sites to have our addresses cleared from their blacklists. This takes time.

For future reference, please never respond to any e-mail asking you for your user name or password no matter how legit it looks. ITS NOR ANY UDM DEPARTMENT WILL EVER ASK YOU OR REQUIRE THIS INFORMATION BY EMAIL.

Network Hickup

Network services were temporarily down for 9 minutes and 51 seconds.  All is back up and running.

 

Weblink is available 8:19 AM 11/26/08

A bad tape delayed the backup job. The backup was cancelled and weblink is now available. SHamilton, ITS Dept.

EMAS is working

The EMAS system on the Admissions Server seems to be stable. It stayed up all day yesterday and overnight. We're keeping a close eye on this server, but if you get kicked out of EMAS and/or lose your O: drive, please contact the Helpdesk ASAP.

EMAS not available

Users of EMAS are having problems this morning, continued from Friday. The server is having problems providing the O: drive, and this is making EMAS fail. It does not appear to be a hardware issue, so the good news is that the fix should be simple. We'll keep this blog updated, so check frequently. Sandy Tyndell is also the main contact for us, and she'll have the latest news.

Network accessibility is restored 11/19 9:00 a.m.

Ability to use network is restored for all users. If you still experiencing difficulties accessing network (Internet etc.), please try restarting your computer.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused by this service outage.

ITS

Network problems for group of users 11/19 8:00 a.m.

Due to failure on one piece of equipment, number of users can not access network and/or associated printers.
ITS is working to solve this problem.

Network and Internet issues

We are experiencing widespread internet and network problems on the McNichols campus this morning. Our DHCP server is currently down, and many machines are unable to get IP Addressing which is necessary for network communication. We expect this to be back up and running well before 9:00 AM. After this, a reboot of your workstation will be required. Check this blog often to get an updated status.

Server Maintenance Complete

Our work on the TITANNET servers is complete. All servers and services are back up and fully functional. If you are missing any network resource, and if you have not done so already, please REBOOT your computer. If after logging back in you still are not fully functional, please call the Helpdesk at 3-1500.

Server Maintenance 12:00 pm Today

At 12:00 pm today the TitanNet and Exchange servers will be brought offline for approximately 30 minutes to resolve a network slowness issue experienced in several areas of the University.  We would recommend logging off prior to that time.

 

The TitanConnect (Portal/Banner) system will remain fully available during this process.

 

Thank you.

 

ITS

Listserver Migration - Update

Listserver has been fully migrated. All lists and their archives have been moved. The listserver is processing mail at this time. If you experience any issues, please post a ticket at http://helpdesk.udmercy.edu or call @ 3-1500. Thank you

Listserver Migration - Update

The listserver migration has experienced a delay. The lists and all information has moved properly, however, no email to or from the listserver is currently working. ITS staff are working on the issue and will keep the blog updated with any progress. Thank you

Listserver Migration - Update

The migration of the listserver is progressing as expected. Please check back to the UDM-ITS Status blog for further updates

Listserver Migration

The migration of the UDM Listserver has started. The server and service will be unavailable until further notice. Thank you.

Connection to Corktown

We are experiencing significant slowness between McNichols and Corktown and are working to identify the problem and restore speeds to their normal levels.

 

APECS and Weblink are available 12:15 PM 11-3-2008

The APECS and Weblink applications are available again. Weblink has the maximum number of students signed on, so it may be slow in response. Thank you, ITS Dept.

Mainframe Will Be Restarted at Noon

The system is encountering errors which requires a reboot of the mainframe. This will be done at noon today (11-03-2008). Please logoff before noon. Thank You, ITS Department

TITANNET Network Drives Unavailable

Some of our Titannet users have been getting a very persistent 'network disconnect' error this morning. In addition, they've lost some of their network drives, such as H:, G:, I:, Z: or others. We have found the problem and corrected it. Your drives may appear again on their own, or you may have to LOGOFF and LOGIN again for the drives to appear.

If you still are missing one or more network drive letters, please contact the Helpdesk at 3-1500.

Weblink is having problems - it is being worked on

Weblink is very slow. ITS is working to correct this.

On Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 5:00 pm ITS will migrate listserver.udmercy.edu to a new server.  Access to the lists and server will be unavailable for a couple hours while all existing lists are migrated over.  Please watch the UDM-ITS blog for updates on the process and return to full service.  The blog is located at http://udm-its.blogspot.com.

 

If you are a listowner and would like to stop using your list and have it removed, please submit a helpdesk ticket at http://helpdesk.udmercy.edu to request deletion of the list.

 

TitanConnect SSB - Where you go for pay information

The TitanConnect Banner Self-Service link is temporarily incorrect.  In our work to establish single sign-on to INB via Luminis, the SSB link was broken.  We are working with SunGard to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.  Your patients during this time is appreciated.

 

Weblink Died but is back online now 12:10 PM

Weblink went down but is back online now. Thank you ITS Dept.

Listserver Ongoing Issue

We are experiencing a variety of issues with the listserver.  If you are trying to use it to subscribe or send messages and it is non-responsive, please make the Helpdesk aware.

 

Employee Listserver

The Employee listserver is temporary unavailable. The network team is currently looking into the issue.

TitanConnect Banner - Fully Operational

The restart was successful and all services are back online.

TitanConnect Banner Database Restart at 12:00 pm for 10 Minutes

We apologize for the late notice.

 

In order to resolve a technical issue related to the payroll process, ITS needs to apply a patch and restart the TitanConnect Banner system at 12:00 pm today.  During this time your e-mail should continue to function but your access to Banner INB and Banner SSB will be temporarily unavailable.

 

Ricoh Scanning Feature

We are currently experiencing a problem with the scanning feature of the Ricoh copiers. The scanning feature is unable to email the document to the user. ITS is currently working on the issue.

Faculty/Staff mail.udmercy.edu retired

The mail.udmercy.edu has been officially retired. All active employee and retiree accounts that contact us during the required time were converted to the new system.

The new e-mail system is at http://tc.udmercy.edu.

If you do not have an account on that system, please have your supervisor complete the account application paperwork and submit it to ITS. The account creation process takes up to 5 days after HR has confirmed and entered the information into the system.

There were a number of users on the old system who were not officially removed at there time of departure from UDM. Those accounts have been closed down.

All systems operational

To the best of our knowledge, all systems are operational.

 

Residence Halls Slowness - Facebook

We have learned but have been unable to confirm that resident users are experiencing extreme slowness when using Facebook.  We know this is an important site for all and are looking for more information on the problem and a solution.

 

If you are experiencing such a problem, please let us know.

 

We understand access to all other sites is fine (with the exception of the P2P type sites).  If you are having problems with other sites, please let us know.

Student E-Mail Down

The student e-mail server appears to be down at the moment.  Staff have been paged to investigate.

All systems operational

To the best of our knowledge, all systems are presently updated.

 

We are very interested in feedback from our residence students who should be benefiting from some major network changes that took place this past Monday where all available internet bandwidth is now being shared equally and fairly by all active connections.

E-mail in queues fully processed

All e-mail that has been sitting in the incoming queue has now been fully processed and the queue is empty.

 

Hourly UDM received approximately 20,000 to 30,000 messages per hour.  Of those messages, 90% are SPAM.  Of the remaining messages, approximately 60% are for students and 40% for administration.  Of the 60% for students, 10% of those are from facebook providing facebook subscribers info about activities on their profile.

E-Mail Backed Up

We continue to process incoming mail about an hour behind schedule.  A significant volume of mail is coming in and our queues are processing through the load.

APECS/Weblink online 09/18 8:00 a.m.

APECS/Weblink not available 09/18 7:30 a.m.

APECS is not available. ITS is working on this issue.

Weblink is Online at 8:20 AM

Weblink is available now.

Apecs is Up, Weblink will be up very soon

A backup was still running this morning which prevented the normal startup of Apecs/Weblink. I am working to correct this. SHamilton, ITS Dept.

E-Mail Queue Backed up 40,000 msgs

Presently, we have about 40,000 msgs in the queue.  These should be delivered within the next two hours.

Resident Hall Network Issue

Some locations in the halls have been experiencing some outages.  ITS staff have been looking into the matter for the past hour and are working to bring everything back online.

 

 

E-mail backed up

We experienced a huge amount of incoming e-mail over the weekend, primarily spam, that has backed up our queues. The e-mail is continuing to be processed through. You may find you receive new messages before older ones as new ones will sometimes pass the queue and go straight to delivery. This morning there is about 180,000 messages of which it is fair to say 10% are legit.

Internet Access Restored

Internet access was restored around 12:00 pm. E-mail is still flowing slowly.

Internet Access Sluggish

Connectivity in and out appears to be very sluggish at this time. Staff are working to bring it back up as quickly as possible.

E-mail delivery backed up

The mail system is backed up several hours but is in the process of catching up.  All mail should be delivered within the next several hours.

Internet Sluggish

The internet is experiencing some temporarily sluggishness. We're monitoring it and expect it to settle shortly. Please stay tuned.

APECS and Weblink are available 8:33 PM

The air conditioning problem has been corrected. APECS and Weblink are now available for your use. Thank you for your patience. ITS Dept.

APECS and Weblink Down Due to Heat again

The computer room got warmer by a couple of degrees resulting in the mainframe going down again. We will wait for the air to be functioning completely and restart the system them. Sorry for the inconvenience. ITS Department.

APECS and Weblink are available 5:14 PM 8/28/08

Apecs and Weblink are now available. The machine room is still very warm. The air conditioning is expected to be fully restored within the hour. However, it is possible that the system may go down again if the room gets too warm before then. ITS Dept.

Mainframe Down due to Air Conditioning Problem

The air conditioning unit in the computer room has a compressor problem. Without air conditioning, the mainframe computer must be shut down. This means that APECS and WEBLINK will be down until the the air conditioning unit has been fixed. Repairs have been started.
IT Staff

Internet Service Down and then Up

We were offline for approximately 10 minutes at 4:50 pm. All service is back in place.

E-Mail Sending Problem

We have discovered that our outgoing e-mail is being blacklisted by a certain organization that filters e-mail for some of the major companies (i.e. Dell, CDWG).  We are working to clear our good name and restore email communications to these areas.

 

If you send to someone using this filtering service, you will get a rejection statement.  We are told that should automatically clear in 6 hours.

 

Internet Outage

We appear to be experiencing some technical difficulties with Internet access which started around 10:30 pm.

Internet Access Issues

We appear to be experiencing some internet connectivity issues at this time.

Internet Speed Issue Resolved

An internal computer operated by an on-campus third party contractor was the culprit in taking the Internet down. The computer has been permanently banned from the network and all Internet services appear to be operating as they should.

Internet Slow

It has been reported Internet access is slow across the University. ITS is investigating.

Listserver Online

The issues with Listserver have been resolved. Listserver is back online and processing mail.

Listserver

We are currently experiencing issues with listserver. Currently Listserver is offline.
ITS is working to resolve this issue.

Off Campus Email

We're currently experiencing problems with email routing. Efforts to correct the problem are underway.

EZ Exam is not fully functional

Authoring in Ezexam is not working.
Ezexam administration appears to be working fine.

We believe the problems are due to recently installed Microsoft Windows Updates that were applied to the server. We are removing the updates one by one to identify which one(s) are impacting Ezexam.

APECS & Weblink are now available - 8:09 AM

The Apecs and Weblink environments are now available. ITS Dept.

APECS and Weblink Down - Will Fix ASAP

Apecs and Weblink are down. ITS is looking into the problem and will have it fixed as soon as possible. ITS Dept.

CHP, LR and Voice-Mail Now Active

The repairs are complete and all appears to be working fine.  If you have issues please report them to the helpdesk.

CHP/LR and Voice-Mail Update

The repairs are now in the testing phase.

On-site Work for CHP/LR and Voice-Mail

Repair work will start at 6:00 am Friday morning.

 

CHP/LR and Voice-Mail Down

It’s been almost 24 hours since the break in the connection to the CHP, Lansing Reilly and Voice-Mail system.  Yesterday, contractors were lined up with the proper testing equipment to determine the extent of the breakage in the tunnel.  Access to this space is restricted due to concrete work taking place in the same location.  The first opportunity for on-site access for repairs is Friday morning.  Repairs and testing will take a few hours.  Please stay tuned for more information.

CHP/Lansing Reilly and Voice-Mail Down

Due to complications related to external construction work, network connectivity to the Lansing Reilly building and the CHP building is presently down.

 

All dial-by-name and voice-mail service is also down since the AT&T equipment is located on the segment of the network where the current problem exists.

 

The repair work is fairly extensive and we hope to have it completed by Friday.

 

 

CHP and Lansing Reilly network down

The College of Health Professions Bilding and Lansing Reilly are not able to reach Titannet or the network in general. It could be related to the digging and construction on campus. We are urgently looking into this. It does appear to be related to the voice-mail and telephone problems that much of McNichols campus is experiencing right now.

We have no estimated time for resolution for this as we are still assessing the problem.

Voicemail Aug 6 '08

Voicemail has gone down about 11:00am due to a technical problem. We are working to correct the issue. We will notify when the problem has been resolved.

Weblink/APECS not available 08/08 7:30 a.m.

APECS services are not available; ITS is working to solve the problem.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

ITS

College/Departmental Web Server Online

The college/departmental web server is online. All services have been restored.

College/Departmental Web Server Offline

The college/departmental web server is offline due to a power failure. The server is rebooting and should be online in the next 30 minutes. All college/departmental web sites are affected.

Weblink and Apecs are available

Weblink and APECS are available. The mainframe is running slower than usual so please be patient. We expect to have it back to usual capacity today. ITS Dept.

APECS down 07/29 08:30 a.m.

APECS service is not operating right; ITS works to solve the problem.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

ITS

Internet Problems Resolved

Between 1 and 3 pm we’ve had some issues with connections to a number of sites.  This should all be resolved at this point.

Internet Issues

Today, we had an interruption in service due to a communication issue between our ISP and our point-of-presence. The problem was detected at 10:15 am. All was fixed by 11:30 am.

Internet Outage 7/24/08 at 9:30 am

MERIT NETWORK, INC.  -  NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER - INFORM MESSAGE

 

       SUBJECT:  MAINTENANCE - University of Detroit Mercy (UDMERCY3)

 

         SCOPE:  All sites behind this router, as listed below

 

        STATUS:  Connectivity will be interrupted to sites connected

                 to this router

 

MAINTENANCE

  WINDOW START:  Thursday, 24 July 2008, 09:30 EDT MAINTENANCE

    WINDOW END:  Thursday, 24 July 2008, 09:45 EDT

 

      COMMENTS:  The expected duration of any potential outage is 10

                 minutes during the above window.

 

DISCONNECTED SITES AND SERVICES:

         University of Detroit Mercy

 

Helpdesk upgrade 07/22 7:30 a.m - 8:00 a.m.

Due to necessary upgrade of Helpdesk Ticket System (helpdesk.udmercy.edu), this service won't be available on July 22, between 7:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m.
We apologize for possible inconvenience.

ITS

IR83 is complete - IBridge has been upgraded

The IR83 effort is complete. I have also installed the new version of IBridge with the license renewal. As a result, you may receive a message regarding allowing the new applet from CORE to run on your PC. Please grant permission to the applet as it is the new version.

Thank you, Steve Hamilton ITS

APECS and Weblink will be down 7/18 5PM through 7/20 2008

Apecs and Weblink will be unavailable beginning 5 PM on Friday, 7/18. It will remain down until sometime in the afternoon on Sunday, 7/20. This is to create the IR district, which must be done each term. Once the effort is complete, both APECS and Weblink will be made available to the user community. Thank you, ITS Dept.

All systems up

No issues to report at this time.

 

Small amount of Spam passing through

A small amount of Spam is passing through as good due to a minor issue with the SPAM solution.  The repair has been in the works for several hours and the messages should stop once this process is complete.

All systems functional at this time.

All systems are functional at this time.  Heavy outbound utilization of dorm bandwidth is presently being experienced.

 

Weblink is Up

Weblink is available for use.

APECS available; Weblink still has problems

The mainframe environment for Apecs is available. However channel problems are preventing weblink and depcon printing. UNISYS has been called. ITS Dept.

APECS/Weblink going down at 1 PM - for reboot

The mainframe environment requires a reboot. This will occur at 1 PM and anticipated downtime will be 40 minutes. ITS Dept.

Weblink is up but very heavy use

Weblink is up but is running slow due to the number of users signed in. Thanks, ITS Dept.

Weblink being rebooted - will be up soon

All systems up and running

All systems are up and running at this time.

 

BANNER TEST Restarted

The test database has been restarted for Banner. ITS Dept.

APECS and Weblink are available 9:29 AM 6/30/08

Apecs and Weblink are now available for use. ITS Dept.

Banner Available 8:04 AM

All instances of Banner as well as the application server are available for your use. SHamilton, ITS

UDM Classes and ITS Services - Outage Info from the Weekend

UDM is closed today, Saturday, June 28, 2008 due to a power outage.

ITS Labs and AV services are unavailable.

All ITS services are down at this time and will be brought up as soon as power is available.

Notification for TurnItIn.Com offline from 7PM PDT to 10PDT

Turnitin will be unavailable Friday, June 27th, 2008 from 7:00 PM PDT to 11:00 PM PDT while the site undergoes critical system maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you, your faculty, or your students. Thank you for your support.  Please note the Pacific Time Zone format.

 

Inbound Email restored

Inbound email to the university has been restored.

Inbound Email Downtime

All email inbound to the university will be down for approximately 20 minutes starting at 2:10pm. This downtime is due to needed maintenance on the server.

"Dental" server rebooted

The server UDM-TN-DENTAL was rebooted this morning at 9:30am to fix issues reported to ITS. This was mainly a problem that some people had in reaching their HOME drive (H: ). This should be working for everyone now.

If you know that your HOME or GROUP drive is on UDM-TN-DENTAL, or if you are having problems getting to your any network drives, please LOGOFF and log back in again. You should have all of your network access again.

Weblink up at 7:55 AM June 3, 2008

A long running job prevented APECS and Weblink from coming up this morning at the normal time of 7:15 AM. APECS came online at 7:50 AM followed by Weblink at 7:55 AM. ITS Dept.

Incoming Internet E-Mail

We have been experiencing some issues within incoming mail and are presently working with tech support to resolve the matter.  E-mail is being delivered but is backlogged several hours.

Lansing-Reilly & CHP network bounce

Between 8:00am and 8:20am this morning, a network repair was done for parts of Lansing-Reilly and the CHP building. Computers in these two buildings were unable to reach the network, including the internet and Email.

All repairs have been completed, and all services should be back to normal.

Internet E-mail

Incoming e-mail is backed up once again with approximately 60,000 messages that should be delivered in the next couple of hours.

Internet E-mail Delivery

We are presently backed up to about 4:30 pm.  Mail is processing and should be caught up within the next couple of hours.

 

Incoming Internet E-Mail

There have been a number of external problems in regard to receiving incoming e-mail.  These issues are persisting but mail is processing through.  There is a slight backlog that should be processed through in the next two hours.

Blackboard update 05/16 8:00 p.m. - Online

Blackboard services are available to users. Thank you for your patience during this outage.

Blackboard update 05/16 5:00 p.m

Blackboard will be available shortly.

BlackBoard Update - 5:15pm

The drive rebuild is complete, however, the original server is unusable. The data for both the application and the database has been recovered from the failed system and is currently being migrated to the second server. This migration of data is expected to take several more hours.

Streaming Server Maintenance Completed

Maintenance on streaming.udmercy.edu has been completed. All streaming services have been restored.

Blackboard Update at 10:00 am

The network team worked through the night to rebuild the bad drive.  The process requires a significant amount of time and is still running.  While this is occurring, a plan B has been put into action to bring up the second server and restore all data to it.  We anticipate it will be several more hours before this process is complete.

 

Blackboard Still Down

Work continues to restore services.

 

Update on Blackboard status 05/14 5:10 p.m.

Blackboard outage is caused by hardware failure. Procedure to preserve integrity of content is running at this time. Time needed for this procedure is approximately 2 hours.

Knowledge/Blackboard Server Down

The server is temporarily down due to a hard drive issue.  Work will continue until it is back up.

 

Weblink Available 9:30 AM on 5/14/08

The physical move of the Weblink server is complete. The Weblink application is available as of 9:30 AM. Thank you, ITS Dept.

Dental server issue

The Dental server UDM-TN-DENTAL was rebooted at 8:50am because of memory pool problems. Our users could not get to any network resources on that server. The reboot will clear up the issue, and we will investigate into what caused the memory leak.

Streaming Server Maintenance

Streaming.udmercy.edu will be off line from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m Thursday, May 15th for maintenance. All streaming services will be unavailable during this time.

UHC + Corktown Connectivity

ATT has repaired the T1 lines that were down. We are back to full capacity.

Weblink Down May 14, 2008 8:30 - 9:30 AM

Weblink will be unavailable tomorrow morning (May 14, 2008) from 8:30 until 9:30 AM for the purpose of physically moving the server to a new rack.
Thank you,
ITS Department

Academic Lab Server Temporarily Down

The server is temporarily down for relocation and will be up in less than 30 minutes.

UHC + Corktown Connectivity

There is currently an effort by ATT to restore 2(two) T1 Lines. One of these lines provides Data to UHC - the other provides partial service to the phone system at Corktown. Unless the phone traffic at Corktown increases substantially users may not even notice a problem. However, the Data at UHC is offline at present. Both problem are being handled by ATT and should be repaired soon. We will update when the work has been completed. Thank You.

Dorm Internet Access

Late this evening it was discovered there were problems with the connection for the resident students. This has been resolved in the past 15 minutes. If there are further issues with the dorm access, please respond to this post.

Incoming Internet E-Mail

Incoming internet e-mail is backed up as of about 2:00 am.  The mail is processing through and should be caught up by 10:00 am.

Weblink and APECS are back online

I have corrected the APECS and weblink problem. If you are a student, please allow 15 minutes before trying to sign-on if the system reports that your account is locked. It will unlock after 15 minutes. Thank you, SHamilton ITS Dept.

APECS crashed - working on it

APECS had a fatal crash - I am working on it currently. SHamilton ITS Dept.

APECS and Weblink are up 7:35 PM

Apecs and Weblink are up at 7:35 PM. Sorry for the inconvenience.

SHamilton

APECS going down for about 25 minutes to reset system

The Apecs system needs to be restarted. The process will take about 25 minutes. ITS Department

Weblink Having Problems - ITS working on it

Weblink has errors. ITS is working to correct the problem. Thank you.

Clarification on Weblink - Faculty only this AM

As a reminder, student usage is turned off until approximately noon to allow faculty free access to input grades. ITS Dept.

Weblink up 8:10 AM

The backup job from last night was still running (preventing Weblink from starting). This was corrected and Apecs and Weblink are now available. ITS Dept.

APECS/Weblink down 04/28 7:30 a.m.

APECS and Weblink are not accessible. ITS is working on that problem.

Weblink, for Students, will be turned off at 3 PM through Monday (noon?)

Weblink access for students will be turned off today at 3 PM. This is to allow faculty full access to update grades. Sometime around noon on Monday, students will be allowed to access Weblink again.

The exact time of Weblink coming online for students will be specified by the Registrar's office.

Thank you,

ITS Department

Titannet server restarted

The Titannet server UDM-AD-DOMAIN was briefly disconnected and restarted at 10:55am. It was brought right back up and is fully functional.

During the down time some of our users would have been disconnected from their drives G: , H: , and other network drives.

Facilities Helpdesk short service outage 04/23 8:30 a.m.

Facilities Helpdesk service will be stopped for necessary hardware maintenance. Expected service downtime is less than 10 minutes.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

ITS

Faculty/Student/Organization Web Server Maintenance Complete

Maintenance on the faculty/student/organization web server has been completed. All services have been restored.

Faculty/Student/Organization Web Server Maintenance

The faculty/student/organization web server will be off line from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 23rd for maintenance. During this time period all hosted websites and blogs will be unavailable.

All systems operational

To the best of our knowledge, all systems appear to be up and running.

 

Faculty/Student/Organization Web Server Maintenance Complete

Maintenance on the faculty/student/organization web server has been completed. All services have been restored.

Faculty/Student/Organization Web Server Maintenance

The faculty/student/organization web server will be off line from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 17th for maintenance. During this time period all hosted websites and blogs will be unavailable.

Internet E-Mail

Incoming mail from 12:30 am is being queued at the moment and will be delivered just after 7:30 am.

All Systems Operational

All systems are up and functioning at this time.

Weblink is Now Operational 8:49 AM

Weblink is now working normally. Sorry for the inconvenience, ITS Department

Weblink is having problems - ITS is working on it

We are working to correct the Weblink issues. ITS Department

Long Distance @ Dental Campus

Our Long Distance Carrier "Cavalier" has restored Long Distance capabilities at the Corktown Dental Campus. Extensive testing has been done to confirm that it is indeed working as it should be. All tests were completed successfully. If you have any concerns related to this outage please feel free to contact the Helpdesk.

Voicemail + 5 Digit Dialing

The problems with calls not being routed into Voicemail and the inability to 5 digit dial has been resolved. ATT had been working on the issue since Friday and has recently restored all Centrex Features. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you believe that you are still experiencing a problem related to this issue please feel free to contact the Helpdesk. Thank You.

Mailborder and Incoming E-Mail

The system is presently locked and will be restarted at 7:30 am.  Any queued mail will then be delivered.

Update on voice-mail issue

As many know, the University began to experience a problem with voice-mail system this past Friday as posted on the outage blog on http://it.udmercy.edu (which is also available directly at http://udm-its.blogspot.com).  Technically, the problem lies not with the voice-mail system but the hand-off of the call from our Centrex system to our voice-mail system.  Centrex is not properly passing the calls to the voice-mail system.  One quick work-around for those who need to get into their voice-mail box, dial the full 9,993-6440 to enter directly into the voice-mail system.

 

Along with this hand-off problem, we are also experiencing problems using 5 digit dialing.

 

AT&T was on-site Friday and returned today to continue to work on the situation.  No additional information is available at this time.

 

 

Blackboard e-mail system is up and running 04/07 9:30 a.m.

Problem causing Blackboard to fail delivering messages is fixed and normal operation is resumed.

Blackboard e-mail problem 04/07 7:30 a.m.

Blackboard e-mail system is not delivering e-mail messages to end users. ITS is working to resolve this issue.

Voice Mail not working 04/07 7:30 a.m.

All Backlogged Mail Delivered

All backlogged mail has been delivered and we have seen a significant improvement in performance.  The solutions provider has implemented a work-around while continuing to work toward a permanent solution.

SPAM Solution Update

Significant progress has been made in processing back-logged messages.  Although some SPAM has come through, we appear to be within hours of having all unprocessed messages delivered.

 

Blackboard outage 04/04 at 11:35

Blackboard service was interrupted shortly today at 11:35 due to system overload. Services are restarted which caused 2 minutes out of services for Blackboard users.
ITS apologizes for this inconvenience.

Voice-Mail Randomly Failing

A problem has been identified with the voice-mail system randomly failing to allow callers to leave a message.  The problem does not appear to be with the voice-mail system but with the phone service provider.  ITS Telecomm is working with AT&T to resolve this matter as quickly as possible.

Some Encouraging SPAM/Internet E-mail News

After our trying a number of different approaches at the instructions of SonicWall (the SPAM solutions vendor) and after sending a snapshot of the activity on our spam box, SonicWall has discovered the location of a programming bug within the code that is causing slowness in the delivery and processing of internet mail.  The discovery came around 7:00 pm EST.  Since that time they have been working on a solution and we are standing by to implement it.  It appears this will drag into Friday.

 

 

Update on E-Mail/Spam Situation

We regret this issue is continuing to drag on but we are working to get it resolved as quickly as possible.  The problem stems somewhat from our work to get the Emergency Notification System e-mail messages automatically coming into the University and delivered to all users.

 

In getting our existing solution to accommodate this, we added a “front door” system in front of our SPAM solution.  Our front door system takes in all e-mail and validates sender credentials.  Messages sent from a valid sender are then transferred over for SPAM analysis.  It is this “transfer” where our problem exists.  Messages are not being transferred at the normal or acceptable rate.  Messages come across approximately at a rate of 4,000-8,000 per hour.  We should be seeing 30,000-55,000 per hour.  We are working with our solutions provider to resolve the matter.

 

Please stay tuned for more info on this.

Access to Mailborder

In the ongoing work to resolve the e-mail issues we have been encountering, there will be intermittent inaccessibility to the mailborder.udmercy.edu solution.  Please bear with us.

E-mail Update

Incoming emails are currently being processed by the spam solution and being delivered.

Internet E-Mail Appears to be Down

Incoming e-mail service appears to be temporarily unavailable.

TitanConnect Service Restored

Service was restored on Friday.

TitanConnect Down

TitanConnect went down around 3:00 pm today during planning for next week’s training.  The staff are working to resolve the matter and return it to service as quickly as possible.  All data is fine; the application server is where the difficulty is being experienced.

Yahoo Mail

All mail service to Yahoo has been temporally suspended by Yahoo. For an unknown reason, Yahoo has blocked or email servers from their systems. ITS staff is working to have the block removed by Yahoo.

Incoming Internet Mail

The incoming mail is temporarily queuing up and at 7:30 am when staff are on-site, will be released for delivery.  We apologize for the inconvenience.

E-Mail Issue

Internet incoming e-mail appears to be down as of about 5:15 am.  Messages are queuing.  Due to University holiday no one on-site at this time but in the process of tracking staff down to address.

Internet connection fully up 03/20/08 9:00 a.m.

Internet connections are back to normal, work with full capacity and speed.

Weblink Up - Usage is very high so please be patient

Weblink is running. The usage remains very high so please be patient when establishing a session. Allow the system time to respond before breaking out and trying again as this leaves an "orphaned" session and only adds to the wait time. Thank you, ITS department.

Internet connection slow 03/20/08 7:30 a.m.

Merit, our ISP is having troubles with Internet access efficiency. Internet is accessible, but you may experience long delays in response.

Weblink down 03/20/08 7:30 a.m.

Weblink access not available.

Weblink Operational - but usage remains heavy

Weblink is up and operational but there are numerous users signed in. Therefore it may be slow in responding. Thank you, ITS Department

Weblink having problems - working to correct

Weblink is having problems due to the volume of users. ITS is working to correct this.

Apecs and Weblink Environment Back - Printing Restored

The problem preventing Apecs printing has been corrected. As a result, the weblink application is now running much better. Sorry for the inconvenience, ITS Department.

Weblink in service 03/18 9:15 a.m.

Weblink Working Now 9:08 AM Wed 3/19/08

There was a run-away Dargal report running that was consuming the mainframe CPU. This has been corrected and weblink is available again. ITS Dept.

Weblink down 03/19 7:30 a.m.

Weblink access is not available.

Network Issue Stabilization

The network connectivity problems from last week have temporarily been resolved by reverting back to the original wireless bridge to the Internet.  After the Easter holiday, another attempt will be made to move to the repaired and permanent higher speed wireless bridge.

Weblink Up at 8:32 AM - Slow due to number of users

Weblink is now available - it is running slow however due to the number of users that are signed in. You may wish to try later during the day. ITS Department.

Weblink available 03/18 8:30 a.m.

Problem with access to Weblink is fixed.

Weblink down 03/18 7:30 a.m.

Weblink is not accessible; ITS is working to solve the problem.

Internet looks to be down through Sunday

Issue is fairly significant. Calling in installer for emergency repairs.

Network Issue

There appears to be a problem with the network and we are working to resolve it as quickly as possible. The problem appears to be at one of our relay points which stands between UDM and the Internet.

Weblink Time Set Incorrectly - Fixed

The Weblink server had an incorrect time setting this morning as a result of a time adjustment service running in the background. This has been corrected. During the time that this was incorrect, Weblink was reporting that the service is only available from 7:15 AM to 10 PM even though it was 8 AM. This problem should not occur again as the service has been disabled and the time set appropriately. ITS Staff

Internet e-mail service restored

Incoming and queued internet e-mail is now being processed.  Thank you for your patience during this down time.

Incoming Internet E-mail

We appear to be having some problems with incoming e-mail at this time.  We hope to address this ASAP but it may be sometime Saturday morning before we are able to locate the appropriate staff.

SPAM

We have been dealing with some issues with our SPAM solution.  The vendor is working to address this matter.  Please feel free to forward all spam to spam@mailborder.udmercy.edu to report it.

Issue with Regional Network Connection

Per Merit, “We are currently experiencing a service issue within the Merit Regional Network. The exact cause and scope are unknown at the present time.” ITS is monitoring the situation.

Internet E-mail Service Restored

Incoming messages were temporarily delayed due to a lock up on the SPAM solution.  This has been resolved and all queued mail is processing through.

Email issue has been resolved

The issue with Mailborder has been resolved. All incoming and outgoing emails are being processed.

Email issue

We are currently experiencing an issue with Mailborder. All external incoming emails are being delayed and may result in a bounce back stating our server is unavailable. All external outgoing emails and all internal incoming and outgoing emails are being processed.

Publish.udmercy.edu Maintenance Completed

Maintenance on publish.udmercy.edu has been completed. All services provided by publish.udmercy.edu are now operational.

Publish.udmercy.edu Maintenance

Publish.udmercy.edu will be off line from 7:00 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. Thursday, February 20th for maintenance. During this time web services such as news and events, calendars and some web pages will be unavailable.

Raiser's Edge Server Down

The server ADVANCESVR is down this morning because of a hardware failure. Users that map an O: drive to this server may receive an error, along with a "disconnected" failure. Raiser's Edge is not functional because of this.

It is difficult to say how long this may take to fix. We will keep this blog updated, and Stephanie Landers will send out an Email message when it is back up.

Sakai Services On Line

Maintenance on Sakai.udmercy.edu has been completed. All services have been restored.

Sakai Scheduled Maintenance

Sakai.udmercy.edu will be off line from 7:00 a.m. to 8:15 a.m on Wednesday, February 12th 2008 for maintenance. All sakai services will be affected during this time.

APECS and Weblink are available 2-10 at 1:40 PM

The IR district maintenance has been completed; Apecs and Weblink are now available. ITS Department.

Reminder: Apecs and Weblink Down 2/8-2/10

Apecs and Weblink will be down from 5PM on 2/8/08 until the afternoon of 2/10/2008. This is for the creation of the IR district for this term. Thank you, ITS Department

Banner is back up

Banner is running again. The application server failed to restart earlier - the problem has been corrected. ITS Department.

Banner Is Having Problems

The application server for Banner is having problems. ITS is looking into it now. Thank you, ITS Department

Student Email Server

The Student email server and mail service has been restored. If there are any lingering issues please contact the University help desk @ 3-1500.

Exchange Email and Titan Net Affected

The same issue that was affecting Student Email was also having an impact on Exchange Email and TitanNet users.

You may have been getting messages on the lower-right corner of your main Windows desktop saying that you have been disconnected from the domain. Also, Email may not have been working - both incoming and outgoing.

These issues should be cleared up as of 1:00pm.

This resolution does not mean that the existing Student Email issue has been fixed. Only EXCHANGE Email, and TitanNet connection issues have been resolved.

Student E-mail Server is down

The student e-mail server is down.

Internet E-Mail Restored

Processing of internet e-mail appears to have been down for the past hour but is now back online and processing.

 

Listserver Back Online

The listserver is now processing all messages.

ListServer Processing Mail

The listserver is processing mail. The issue has been resolved.

Listserver Not Processing

At this time the listserver is not sending messages. Messages are going into the archives but not to each recipient. The network team is presently working on this.

Internet e-mail and listserv delivery temporarily down

Delivery for both systems was temporarily down this afternoon but has now been restored.  All queues messages are in the process of being delivered.

Apecs and Weblink available 1:05 PM 1/11/08

The mainframe environment is available now. ITS Dept.

Mainframe Going Down at 12:30 for 1 hour 1/11/08

An I/O board is being replaced in the mainframe this afternoon. The mainframe will be unavailable for approximately one hour beginning at 12:30 PM. We apologize for having to bring the machine down but this is a critical component for the system. Thank you, ITS Department

Weblink up at 7:33 AM

Weblink was approximately 15 minutes late coming up. This has been corrected. ITS Dept.

Apecs and Weblink are available 4:58 PM

The apecs and weblink environment are available once again. ITS Department

Mainframe Crashed - Reboot Necessary

I am rebooting the mainframe as it crashed. Apecs and Weblink should be available in about 20 minutes. SHamilton

Streaming Services Restored

All quicktime streaming services have been restored.

Streaming Server Maintenance

Streaming.udmercy.edu will be off line from 11:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m Monday, January 7th for operating system and software upgrades. All streaming services will be unavailable during this time.

Streaming.udmercy.edu

Streaming.udmercy.edu will be off line from approximately 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Monday, January 7th for replacement of raid cache memory and raid key. All quicktime streaming services will be unavailable during this time.

Streaming Server Maintenance

Streaming.udmercy.edu will be off line between 1:15 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Friday, January 4th for a motherboard replacement. During these hours all quicktime streaming services will be unavailable.

Incoming Internet E-mail Restored

Services were temporarily down from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm today.

 

APECS and Weblink Available 11:09 AM

The Apecs and Weblink environment is available as of 11:09 AM. Thank you, ITS Department.

Mainframe down from 10:30 to 11:30 for repair

An I/O board in the mainframe needs to be replaced. The mainframe will be down for the next hour. Thank you, ITS Department.

Streaming Server Scheduled Maintenance

Streaming.udmercy.edu will be offline from approximately 7:30 a.m to 12:00 p.m on Thursday, January 3, 2008 for scheduled maintenance. All quicktime streaming services will be unavailable during this time frame.

Mainframe - APECS and Weblink back up

The mainframe environment is now available with APECS and Weblink. ITS Department.

Mainframe needs reboot - pls logoff

The mainframe is having problems and requires a reboot. Please logoff. This should take only a few minutes. Thanks, ITS Dept. 11:02 AM

APECS and Weblink up at 11:53 AM on 1/1/08

A backup job was still running which prevented apecs and weblink from starting on their normal schedule. This was corrected and both are running as of 11:53 AM. ITS Dept.